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		<title>Wesleyan Holds 177th Commencement Ceremony</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anna Quindlen P&#8217;07 did not apologize for her generation leaving the Class of 2009 with a failed economy, poor job market and uncertain housing market. Instead she charged the graduates with the opportunity to remold the nation and its spirit.
&#8220;On behalf of your elders and the entire country, I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chowdhury &#8217;09 Leads Senior Class Welcome</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 17:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you faculty, President Roth, Anna Quindlen family, friends. And of course congratulations to the class of 2009.
I am scared. We probably all have good reasons to be scared right now.
When the nation was scared many decades ago, FDR said, “This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quindlen P&#8217;07: Embrace Transformation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 17:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(The Commencement Address by Anna Quindlen P’07 also is on video.)
 
When I was first asked to give the commencement address to the Wesleyan class of 2009, I knew I was going to have to begin with an apology: I am not, as you can see, Barack Obama.
But as the months passed between the invitation and this event, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Pictorial Glance of Wesleyan&#8217;s 177th Commencement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 16:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<title>President Roth to Class of 2009: Don&#8217;t Accept the Status Quo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 16:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the board of trustees, members of the faculty and staff, distinguished guests, new recipients of graduate degrees and Class of 2009, I am honored to present some brief remarks to our graduates on the occasion of their commencement.
This year I’ve continued my “second Wesleyan education,” but I am still very much an underclassman. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commencement on Video Clips</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 14:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wesleyan&#8217;s 177th Commencement is featured in several video clips below. The latest version of Quicktime Player is required to view the videos. The player can be downloaded for free, for both Windows and Mac, by clicking here.  A high-speed internet connection also is necessary to view the broadcasts.
Procession
Welcome
Invocation
Chair Welcome
Senior Class Welcome
President&#8217;s Remarks by Michael S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honorary Degree Recipients Speak at Commencement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 14:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Alexander ’88, Mark Masselli and Azim Premji ’99 were awarded Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degrees during the 177th Commencement. Remarks from the ceremony are below:
Remarks by Jennifer Alexander &#8216;88
Has anyone here ever read Charlotte&#8217;s Web? You remember the story of Wilbur the pig and Charlotte the spider who became best friends &#8211; But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fins &#8217;82 Delivers Phi Beta Kappa Address</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 20:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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Joseph J. Fins ’82, M.D., chair of the Alumni Association, spoke to members of the Wesleyan Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa during Reunion &#38; Commencement Weekend. His speech was titled &#8220;Minding Time.&#8221; Membership for Phi Beta Kappa is conferred for high scholastic achievement.

It is a delight to be here with you today to celebrate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commencement Ceremony Broadcast Live</title>
		<link>http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2009/05/19/commencement-ceremony-broadcast-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 14:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 177th Commencement Ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. on Andrus Field. The ceremony will be simulcast in the Memorial Chapel, Patricelli ’92 Theater, Crowell Concert Hall, and Tishler Lecture Hall (Room 150) at Exley Science Center, rain or shine.
The ceremony also will be broadcast through a live video stream at http://condor.wesleyan.edu/openmedia/webcast/cast1.qtl.
The latest version of [...]]]></description>
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